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Medal of Honor Recipient

Benjamin Franklin Tracy

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001163Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

May 6, 1864

Wilderness Campaign, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Colonel
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
109th New York Infantry

The Citation

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Seized the colors and led the regiment when other regiments had retired and then reformed his line and held it.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Benjamin Franklin Tracy — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001169
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Brigadier General
Entered service at
Owego, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
6540549ffa54553e080dbc4a1c14e7a0fd624edba9f46addf84664d459e41323

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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